Water-station



F. \M DAViS.

WATER SYATION.

MPUCATION HLED JUNE 2a. 1919.

J mm m W w t Y UNITED STATESW RATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. DAVIS, 0F DAYTON, OHIO.

WATER-STATION.

Application filed June 26,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Fnnnnmon V. DAVIS,citizen of the United states residing at Day ton in the county ofh'lontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in \VRCQPSUIUUHS, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved water station particularlydesigned for use by automobilists for filling or replenishing aulomobileradiators with water.

The invention has as one of its principal objects to provide a devicewhereby an auto mobile radiator may be easily and quickly filledevithout spilling the water while likelihood of running the radiatorover will be cluced to a. minimum.

'lltie invention has as a further object to provide a device which willbe readily accesble and f such lltlt'lll'fl that an automobile radiatormay be filled without soiling or wetting the hands.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide a devicewherein the discharge pipe employed will be extensible so that indistharge faucet of the device may be read ily positioned over thetiller tube of :1 ve hicle radiator and wherein. upon the release of thedischarge pipe it will be returned to and normally held in a. positionlying be.- neath the canopy of the casing of the device.

()the and incidt'uital objects will appear luwreimutter. 1n the.drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved water station.

Fig. 2 is a. vertical sectional view on an en-. larged scale, this viewmore particularly showing the structural details of the device,

Fig. 3 is a. transverse sectional view taken to. the line 3-4! ofFig. 2and looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Fig. 4 is a trans erse sectional view showing the manner in which thedischarge pipe of the device may be extended.

Referring more particularly to the drawings. I employ a preferablyelliptical casing 11) which may be COIlStllltBtGtl of sheet metal orother approved material. At its upper end, the casing is provided withan overlying canopy or hood 11. This canopy is open at its sides and maybe formed integral with the casing or otherwise secured thereto. Thecasing is designed to he set into the ground or otherwise mounted atsome con venient location. For instance. the device may be arrangedadjacent a street curbing Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J uly 6, 1920.

1919. ,aerial No. 306,884.

or may be located as suggested in Fig. 1, a. driveway being providedaround the device sothat vehicles may be driven up at either side of thedevice. Upstanding Within the casing is a water supply pipe 12 incommunication with a suitable source of water supply and swiveled uponthe upper end of this pipe in a plane above the upper edge of the casingis the inner section 13 of a discharge pipe, the outer section 14 of".vhich is, 111 turn, swiveled to the inner section. (onneeted to theouter section 14 of the discharge pipe is a flcdble armored hose 15. thearmor around said hose being suttieiently rigid to normally maintain thehose in alinement with said p pe section, and connected with the hose atits outer end is a discharge faucet or nozzle 16. This faucet may be ofany approved character but is preferably of the type having aspring-pressed valve operated by a lever 17 which must be manually helddepressed in order to permit a flow of water through the faucet. Afaucet of this type will prevent wasting of the water.

Extending across the casing 10 adjacent the upper end thereof are spacedbars 18 and mounted between these bars medially of the casing areconfronting pulleys 19. T 'ained between .said pulleys is a cable orother: approved flexible element .21! connected at its upper end to theinner end 'portion of the section til of the discharge pipe. A spring,.21 is secured to the lower end of said cable and engaged with thespring is a weight 22. Connected at one cud to the outer end portion ofthe section 1.3 of the discharge pipe is a spring 23. the opposite endof which is connected to the inner end portion of the section 14- ofsaid p pe.

As will now be clear in view of the preceding description. the spring 23will normally hold the section 14 of the discharge pipe in a positionoverlying the section 13 of said pipe while the weight 22 will act uponthe latter section for normally holding both of the sections in inactiveposition lying beneath the canopy 11. Ilowcvcr, when it is desired totill an automobile radiator, the section H of the. discharge pipe may begrasped when, as suggested in Fig. 4. said pipe section together withthe section 13 of the discharge pipe, may be swung outwardly or extendedfrom beneath the canopy 111111 the faucet 16 is brought to a positionover the radiator filler tube. Since the radiators of different vehicleswill vary in height, the

hose 15 is provided. As will be seen, this hose may be flexed so thatthe faucet may be inserted into the radiator filler tube when, bymanually depressing the lever 17, the ra diator may be filled withwater. Since this lever provides a means whereby complete manual controlmay be had over the flow of water through the faucet 16, spilling of thewater will be prevented while likelihood of running the radiator overwill be reduced to a minimum. Upon the filling of the radiator, thesection 14 of th discharge pipe may simply be released when the weight22 and spring 23 will serve to return the sections of the pipe to theirnormal position beneath the canopy 11. To avoid bursting of the pipe incold weather, a combined shut-off valve and drain cock 24 is interposedin the supply pipe 12 and formed throu h the casing 10 opposite the handwheel 0 this valve is an opening 25 through which the valve may beoperated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the character described including a casing provided witha canopy having its intermediate portion spaced u wardly from theadjacent portion of t e casing thereby forming openings on oppositesides of the casing, a water'supply pipe, a discharge pipe incommunication with said water supply pipe, means for controlling theflow of water through the dischar e pipe, and means for normally holdingt e discharge pipe beneath said canopy.

2. A device of the character described including a casing rovided with acanopy having its interme iate portion spaced from the adjacent portionof the casin thereby forming openings on opposite sit es of the casing,a water supply pipe disposed within the casing, a discharge pipe incommunica- EJUII with said Water supply pipe and movable throu 11 saidopenings, at dischargenozzle, a flexi le connection between the nozzleand said discharge pipe, and yieldable means for norlnall retainingsaiddischarge pipe beneath sai canopy.

3. A device of the character described including a casing provided witha canopy having its major portion spaced from the casing thereby formingan opening, a water supply pipe upstanding within the casing, a rigiddischarge pipe swiveled to the upstanding pipe and extending angularlyfrom the same, the discharge pipe being extensible to project beyond thecanopy, means for normally holding the discharge pipe beneath thecanopy, and a valve for controlling fiow through the discharge pipe.

4. A water supply station for motor vehicles including a casing, a watersupply pipe extending vertically within the casing, a horizontal pi esection swiveled to the upper end of t e supply pipe and movable about avertical axis, a second pipe section swivelly connected. to one endportion of said first named pipe section and movable about a verticalaxis, a flexible hose section secured to one end of said second namedpipe section, a faucet connected to the forward end of said flexiblehose, spring means to normally retain said second named pipe sectionabove said first named pipe section,

and means connected to said first named pipe section for normallyretaining the same within said casing.

5. A water supply station including a casing having its sides open, ahorizontally arranged pipe section disposed within said casing andhaving one end portion movable about a vertical pivot, a flexibleelement connected to said pipe section and having its lower end providedwith a weight adapted for normally ret ining said pipe section withinthe casing, aide means car-- ried by said housing for said flexibleelement, at second pipe section arranged above said first named pipesection and swivelly connected to one end of the same, a coil springconnected to the adjacent end portions of said first and second namedpipe sections for normally retaining said second named pipe sectiondirectly above said first named pipe section, and a faucet arranged atthe outer end of said second named pipc section.

(3. The combination with a casing having a canopy, of a water supplymember arranged within the casing, a pipe section operatively connectedto said water supply member, a second pipe section opcralvcly connectedto the first named pipe section and movable outwardly of said canopy, aflexible element connected to said first named pipe section and havingmeans for returning the pipe section to beneath said canopy upon be ingreleased at a point spaced from the cusing, and guiding means for saidflexible element.

In testinionv whereof I aliix my signature.

FREDERICK w. DAVIS. 1..

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